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Spam text "Upgrade your O2" O2upgrade.com - **Warning for o2 customers**

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  • 26-09-2011 2:05pm
    #1
    seeing_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 382 ✭✭


    "upgrade your 02 to make unlimited free calls to any network click on this link http://O2upgrade.com/O2-online.htm or copy and paste into your browser"

    recieved the text from a standard O2 086 ******* number, anyone seen this before?

    e2a:didn't search properly, it's phishing and there's a thread on it.


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    #2
    jenno86
    Registered Users Posts: 2,634 ✭✭✭jenno86


    Yes, its a scam don't go near it.

    If you are on prepay you will find €10 credit missing from you account if you enter your details. They will also use all your web-texts to send on the message again, resulting in you getting loads of messages and calls from other people.

    As far I know official messages from O2 wont come from an '086' number, its usually '50202' or something along those lines.

    They wont ask for details such as your password from you anyway.


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    #3
    wildefalcon
    Registered Users Posts: 933 ✭✭✭wildefalcon


    jenno86 wrote: »
    Yes, its a scam don't go near it.

    If you are on prepay you will find €10 credit missing from you account if you enter your details. They will also use all your web-texts to send on the message again, resulting in you getting loads of messages and calls from other people.

    As far I know official messages from O2 wont come from an '086' number, its usually '50202' or something along those lines.

    They wont ask for details such as your password from you anyway.

    I suppose there is no way O2 could just block this scam attempt? Or would that be too easy.


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    #4
    smilerf
    Registered Users Posts: 2,590 ✭✭✭smilerf


    wildefalcon wrote: »
    I suppose there is no way O2 could just block this scam attempt? Or would that be too easy.
    I'm with 3 and i got it this morning


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    #5
    Jenny from the block
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭Jenny from the block


    They can't block them because they're using all different numbers. People are clicking the link inputting there mobile number and password. the scammer then uses the information to login to the website and send more spam webtext from another number and so on. How bored must these scammers be.


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    #6
    8gbMadness
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭8gbMadness


    i just got that too


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    #7
    emy
    Registered Users Posts: 209 ✭✭emy


    I got one too, from...http://o2upgrade.at.vu


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    #8
    Justyna
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Justyna


    Got the same text today


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    #9
    Gekko
    Registered Users Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭Gekko


    Got one of these but it was o2upgrade.biz

    The dummies sent it from an 087 number so that didn't make sense for a start.


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    #10
    fatmander
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭fatmander


    I got one 5 minutes ago
    "Upgrade your O2 to make unlimited free calls to any network, click on this link
    http://o2upgrade.biz.nf/o2-online.htm or copy and paste on your browser"
    scam


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    #11
    Inspector Gadget
    Registered Users Posts: 1,393 ✭✭✭Inspector Gadget


    My Dad just got this from the same address as fatmander. Bloody evil.


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    #12
    condra
    Registered Users Posts: 3,849 ✭✭✭condra


    o2 are aware of this problem and are not doing enough to warn customers.


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    #13
    gibo_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 782 ✭✭✭gibo_ie


    In fairness, i just got a text from O2 (50202 with the following:
    "Be aware of fraudulent emails+texts claiming to be from O2 asking you to open a link. If you get a suspicious message, do not respond. See o2.ie for info. From O2."

    So maybe they are doing something about it ehh....


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    #14
    condra
    Registered Users Posts: 3,849 ✭✭✭condra


    They should warn ALL of their customers.


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    #15
    ahyeahok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 743 ✭✭✭ahyeahok


    condra wrote: »
    They should warn ALL of their customers.

    to be fair they did have a warning when you check your balance (*100#) and a phishing warning pop up when you log on to your o2 account.


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    #16
    MickeyD
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭MickeyD


    got this recently and im not even o2, I had heard about this before but thought it had stopped. Anywhere I should report this, and where would they have got my number from?


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    #17
    GerardKeating
    Registered Users Posts: 7,674 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    condra wrote: »
    They should warn ALL of their customers.

    There is actually a thread on the o2 forum complaining about all the pop-up alerts about the phishing scams, so they cannot seems to please every one...


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    #18
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    GerardKeating wrote: »
    There is actually a thread on the o2 forum complaining about all the pop-up alerts about the phishing scams, so they cannot seems to please every one...

    Thats only one muppet spewing shyte about the pop-up on the O2 site:mad::eek::rolleyes:


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    #19
    ahyeahok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 743 ✭✭✭ahyeahok


    Got a text from o2 (50202) today.
    "Be aware of fraudulent emails and texts" etc
    So they are notifying customers.


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    #20
    Alien65
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭Alien65


    Hello everybody
    I would like report - the scamers still working today 15-01/2012 I've got similar txt message but they have new url address : http://o2ugrade.com
    please be careful
    If you unfortunately used this website with your details - immediately
    log in on your O2 account then change the password.
    regards


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    #21
    theinhouseband
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭theinhouseband


    Alien65 wrote: »
    Hello everybody
    I would like report - the scamers still working today 15-01/2012 I've got similar txt message but they have new url address : http://o2ugrade.com
    please be careful
    If you unfortunately used this website with your details - immediately
    log in on your O2 account then change the password.
    regards

    Web IP address has now been posted on various porn sites and set up on usenet and torrent sites as a proxy server, so we should see this site down soon.


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